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Ruth Kovacs 1921 - 1995

Ruth Kovacs of Kenosha, Kenosha County, WI was born on March 26, 1921, and died at age 74 years old on October 19, 1995.
Ruth Kovacs
Kenosha, Kenosha County, WI 53143
March 26, 1921
October 19, 1995
Female
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  • 03/26
    1921

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    March 26, 1921
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  • 10/19
    1995

    Death

    October 19, 1995
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    Ruth Kovacs lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1921, in the year that Ruth Kovacs was born, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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In 1964, at the age of 43 years old, Ruth was alive when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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